Pre-hospital discharge car safety seat testing in infants following congenital heart surgery

Pediatric Cardiology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 313-316

  Simsic, J M ^a   Masterson, K ^b   Kogon, B E ^c   Kirshbom, P M ^c   Kanter, K R ^c  

^a SIBLEY HEART CENTER CARDIOLOGY   (United States)

^b CHILDREN'S HEALTHCARE OF ATLANTA   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Car safety seat; Cardiac surgery; Congenital heart disease

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GESTATION PERIOD; HEALTH CARE; HEART SURGERY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD;

ANOXIA; APNEA; BRADYCARDIA; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; GESTATIONAL AGE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT EQUIPMENT; INFANT, NEWBORN; PATIENT DISCHARGE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUPINE POSITION;

EID: 40949132975     PISSN: 01720643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00246-007-9021-2     Document Type: Article

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